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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
John Eckhardt Jr, (August 27, 1911 – January 5, 1991), professionally billed as Johnny Eck, was an American freak show performer in sideshows and a film actor. Born with sacral agenesis, Eck is best known today for his role in Tod Browning's 1932 cult classic film Freaks and his appearances as a bird creature in several Tarzan films. He was often billed as "The Amazing Half-Boy", "King of the…
Known for
- Tarzan the Ape Man — Bird Creature (uncredited)1932
- Freaks — Half Boy1932
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Johnny
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Baltimore
- Place of death
- Baltimore
- Occupation
- film actor
- Image
- Johnny Eck in Freaks (1932).jpg
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- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- place of burial
- Green Mount Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1911-08-27
- date of death
- 1991-01-05
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Johnny Eck
- medical condition
- dwarfism
- start of work period
- 1932-00-00
- birth name
- John Eckhardt Jr.
- Commons category
- Johnny Eck
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